Summary

In this episode, Stephen goes solo again to critique the singles from Prince's second album; the eponymously named ‘Prince’ (1979). Home to ‘I Feel For You’, the song that Chaka Khan would turn into a worldwide smash in 1984.

Stephen ranks and shares his thoughts on each of the album’s singles, including I Wanna Be Your Lover, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad, Still Waiting, Sexy Dancer, and Bambi.

Finally, he critiques the album as a whole and praises Prince for improving upon his 1978 debut ‘For You’. Will he rank it top, middle or lower tier Prince though?

Throughout you’ll hear detailed information about the songs and the critical reception to the album.

Come back next time for a look at 1986’s ‘Parade’ and the classic ‘Kiss’.

Chapters

01:23 Introduction

01:51 Tale of the Tape

03:54 I Wanna Be Your Lover

06:45 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

08:33 Still Waiting

10:14 Sexy Dancer

11:53 Bambi

15:18 Reviewing the ‘Prince’ album

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